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It's true, Wayne Gretzky will suit up for the Blues in the Winter Classic's alumni game.

The Great One played just 18 regular season games, scoring eight goals and 21 points. He'd then pop another pair of goals and 16 points in 14 games in the playoffs for them in 1996. But apparently, that's enough much to the delight of Blues fans everywhere. Nov 10 - 7:32 PM

Wayne Gretzky was almost traded to the Detroit Red Wings or Philadelphia Flyers back in 1988.

Gretzky ended up being dealt from Edmonton to Los Angeles instead, but for a moment, he thought he'd be joining the Red Wings. "In the end, we got down to three teams," Gretzky said. "Mr. Snider was a good friend of mine and Philadelphia was involved, and Detroit Red Wings — and of course I grew up a Gordie Howe fan and loved Gordie Howe and the Red Wings — and the Los Angeles Kings were involved. I really felt 24 hours beforehand that I was going to end up a Detroit Red Wing. "Both Janet (his wife) and I thought that was the perfect place to go because A, it was a great hockey city, B, because of Gordie and everything that goes with that. And it was really my dad that stepped in and said, ‘You know, there’s only one Gordie Howe. Detroit’s Detroit, they’ve done everything." Aug 22 - 9:51 AM

Wayne Gretzky will don the captain's "C" once again for the Edmonton Oilers in 2016's Legends game at the Heritage Classic against the Winnipeg Jets next season.

The outdoor game will take place at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg on Sunday, Oct. 23rd. Gretzky led the Oilers to four Stanley Cups during their heyday in the 1980's. He collected a staggering 583 goals and 1,669 points in just 696 games for them as well. Gretzky also confirmed that Mark Messier, Paul Coffey, Jari Kurri ad Dave Semenko will play in the game as well. Mar 6 - 2:28 PM

Wayne Gretzky is working in an advisory role with prospective Las Vegas NHL owner Bill Foley.

Foley is the chairman of Fidelity National Financial Inc., and he’s also investing in distressed wineries. Sportsnet’s John Shannon also got confirmation from the "Great One" himself, who said he’s "unofficially" working with Foley. Gretzky said he introduced him to business partners. Foley said he’d sell tickets at league-average prices. He wouldn’t say whether Gretzky would have any role with a team, if he got one in Las Vegas. A graduate of West Point, Foley said he'd like the team to be named the "Black Knights," if he had his choice. Sat, Dec 13, 2014 08:20:00 PM